Residents dismayed at closure of banking services in Ballymote
The mobile bank, Ulster Bank on Wheels, rolled into Ballymote this morning. The twice weekly service replaces the bank branch which closed in September. Ballymote has now gone from a three-bank town to a one…
Sligo ‘open for business’ – Irish Water outline timeline for ongoing street works
Sean Corrigan, regional spokesperson for Irish Water, has indicated that 65% of the entire upgrading work required on the streets of Sligo is now complete. Mr Corrigan says he understand the frustrations of the traffic…
‘The City Of Chicago’ – An emigrant remembers
We’d a letter to the show this week from a former Donegal emigrant, who recalls how the song, ‘The City of Chicago’, moved him to tears as an emigrant in the 1980’s. His memories are…
Woman who suffered two brain haemorrhages praises support of Wheelchair Association
Mary Mulvaney from Drumnacool in Sligo has suffered two brain haemorrhages in her lifetime but with the support of the local Irish Wheelchair Association, has leared to cope and get on with her life. This…
Singer backs councillor’s objections to Britain’s Got Talent Donegal audition
A head to head debate on the objection by a Donegal councillor to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ TV show stading an audition in Donegal. Sligo singer, Graham Monaghan, debates the issue with UK-based Irish emigrant, Sean…
Local Senator defends giving Taoiseach the shamrock poppy to wear in Dail
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has sparked debate, after sporting a shamrock poppy in the Dail to remember all the Irish soldiers who died in the First World War. It’s emerged he was given the poppy…
When Charlie Haughey pinching my bum was considered acceptable
In a discussion on respect for women, one of our contributors, Maire Garvey, has claimed that there was a culture of indifference in the 1980’s on the occasion when the then Fianna Fail leader, Charlie…